Martin Deer looks forward to the return of Superman as the first teaser trailer arrives for Man of Steel… Think. Think about what you felt when you watched the Man of Steel trailer. What emotions ran through you? Last week we were treated to the first poster from the film, which I loved. I’d seen […]
DVD Review – Airborne (2012)
Airborne, 2012. Directed by Dominic Burns. Starring Mark Hamill, Craig Conway, Billy Murray, Sebastian Street, Simon Phillips, Alan Ford, Julian Glover, Gemma Atkinson and Rita Ramnani. SYNOPSIS: Hell literally breaks loose on board a Trans-Atlantic flight when an ancient evil is unleashed at 30,000 feet. Direct-to-DVD director Dominic Burns is back with another low budget […]
Soundtrack Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger by Nitin Sawhney
Simon Columb reviews Nitin Sawhney’s new soundtrack for the silent Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lodger… Nitin Sawhney has become a sought-after film composer through successful scores for Nike adverts and BBC’s Human Planet TV series. This summer, in conjunction with Network Releasing and the BFI, Sawhney has composed a new score for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1926 […]
Thoughts on… American Reunion (2012)
American Reunion, 2012. Directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: The American Pie gang return to East Great Falls, Michigan for one long-overdue weekend to celebrate their […]
Another review and interview for Holy Franchise, Batman!
This past Thursday Henry Tucker of Blueprint: Review was kind enough to write a nice ★★★★ review of my book Holy Franchise, Batman!; here’s an excerpt… Whatever your personal favourite [Batman incarnation], it will be in this rather excellent book by Gary Collinson. He has broken down Batman’s many appearances in chronological order from the […]
The Fall of Pixar
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Scott Mendelson, writer for The Huffington Post, writes the following: “Is Pixar as we know it finished? Has a fifteen-year run of uniformly fine cartoons given way to an act two filled with half-hearted misses and needless sequels? It’s a somewhat sensationalistic argument, but the timing is not […]
Second Opinion – The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises, 2012. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. SYNOPSIS: Eight years after the death of Harvey Dent, Bruce Wayne is forced to don the cape and cowl as Batman once more when Gotham is threatened by a terrorist […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Marvel Phase Two, Man of Steel, The Wolverine, Hellboy 3, Lobo, The Punisher and more
Our weekly round up of all the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Just over seven years after the journey began, the curtain fell on Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy yesterday with release of The Dark Knight Rises, although sadly the arrival of the much-anticipated blockbuster has been marred by the awful […]
Manning up for The Expendables 2 – The Sylvester Stallone Rampage
Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Sylvester Stallone Rampage’… Slyvester Stallone’s story has become Hollywood legend. His rise to prominence from someone struggling in the doldrums in his chosen profession mirrored that of his star-making creation, Rocky. Sly’s insistence to take […]
Who Are… The Guardians of the Galaxy?
Luke Owen gives us the lowdown on Marvel Studios’ newest superhero team, the Guardians of the Galaxy… It had been rumoured for some time but at Saturday’s Marvel Comi-Con panel it was officially announced – in 2014, the world will get a big screen adaptation of The Guardians of the Galaxy. While the news was […]
